Biography about anne fine
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Anne Fine
British children's and adult writer (born 1947)
Anne FineOBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults. She is a Fellow of the Royal kultur of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003.[2]
Fine has written more than seventy children's books, including two winners of the annual Carnegie Medal and three highly commended runners-up.[3][a] For some of those fem books she also won the Guardian Prize, one Smarties Prize, two Whitbread Awards, and she was twice the Children's Author of the Year.
For her contribution as a children's writer, Fine was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998.[4][5] From 2001 to 2003, she was the second Children's Laureate in the UK.[6]
Early life
[edit]Fine was born and raised in Leicester and educated in neighbouring midland counties of England. She attended Northampton Hi
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Anne Fine facts for kids
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| Born | (1947-12-07) 7 månad 1947 (age 77) Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick |
| Period | 1978–present |
| Genre | Children's literature (all ages); black comedy |
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| Notable awards | Carnegie Medal 1989, 1992 Guardian Prize 1990 |
| Spouse | Kit Fine (divorced) |
| Partner | Dick Warren |
| Children | Cordelia Fine Ione Fine |
Anne FineOBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults. She is a Fellow of the Royal kultur of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003.
Fine has written more than seventy children's books, including two winners of the annual Carnegie Medal and three highly commended runners-up. For some of those fem books she also won the Guardian Prize, one Smarties Prize, two Whitbread Awards, and she was twice the Childre
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Anne Fine
About Author
Originally from Leicester, Anne Fine read Politics and History at Warwick University before training to be a teacher. She has also worked as an Information Officer for the charity Oxfam, and has two grown-up daughters.
Anne Fine's work is characterised by humour and her extraordinary insights into the lives and minds of children. She went to school aged three, and can't remember a time when she couldn't read. As a young person, Anne moved on from Enid Blyton to Anthony Buckeridge, Richmal Crompton (the William books) and Henry Treece. Then it was P G Woodhouse and Rider Haggard. Now Anne reads George Eliot, Flaubert, Austen, Thackeray and Tolstoy, as well as biography, autobiography, psychology, crime, poetry - and the newspapers.
Anne has received many children's book prizes, including the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year (The Tulip Touch), Carnegie Medal (Goggle Eyes, Flour Babies)and the Guardian Children's Award (Madam Doubtfire). She was the Ch